Squires, Graham

Urban and environmental economics : an introduction / by Graham Squires - Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - viii, 214 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical reference and index.

Contents : 1. What is urban and environmental economics--
2. Perspectives in urban and environmental economics--
3. The built and natural environment according to economists--
4. The basic economic problem in shared spaces--
5. Limits to growth : balancing space and resources--
6. Market forces : demand and supply--
7. Failure of the market and externalities--
8. Cost-benefit analysis and discounting--
9. Macro-economic considerations--
10. Macro-economic government objectives and policy--
11. Shared urban space : themes and application--
12. Environmental resources and use in urban space--
13. Policy and contemporary challenges.

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Urban economics
Environmental economics
Environmental planning
Economic geography
Social geography

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